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South Bend R evelopment Commission <br />Regular Meet ng - April 8, 1983 <br />6. NEW BUSII}ESS (Cont.) <br />1. uonLinuea... <br />Mr. zawark responded that tax abatement is <br />part of the pricing of the project and if they <br />do not get tax abatement it would be a material <br />increase in the cost of relocation. They would <br />then have to take another look at costs and pos- <br />sibly go somewhere else. There have been a couple <br />Of other places that they have looked at, not in- <br />side the County, but basically Whiteford wants to <br />stay here where its employees are located. They <br />hoped they are not put in that position. <br />Mr. Robinson questioned whether Whiteford would <br />own or lease the building. Mr. Kusnierek answered <br />that Mr. and Mrs. Whiteford would own the building <br />and lease it to the Corporation. <br />Mrs. Kolata explained that many of the tax abate- <br />ments that have been approved have gone through <br />similar types of situations, where the property <br />is amed by one person and leased to the business. <br />Mr, Robinson stated that he realizes that the <br />property has been vacant for a period of years <br />but imtil the economy took a downturn, the prop- <br />erty was being developed and the neighborhood <br />really isn't that bad. He questioned whether the <br />neiglborhood was deteriorated to the point that <br />tax abatement would be a recommended direction <br />to go. He agreed it has been under utilized, <br />but Imows that there has been a Whiteford trailer <br />sitting out there for quite a period of time now, <br />and they have had the opportunity in the past to <br />develop it and haven't done so. He was not con- <br />vinced that the area should be entitled to tax <br />Mrs. Kolata pointed out that the Common Council's <br />directions to the Commission is that we not look <br />at the entire area but that we look at the parcel <br />in question and that is an undeveloped piece of <br />Ms. Auburn asked Mr. Lee if he followed the legally <br />constituted guidelines on what determines the tax <br />abatEment when writing the staff report. <br />Mr. Lee responded that he looked at the project <br />as a whole, with both locations being considered. <br />This particular site is not in a tax abatement <br />impact area but it is very close to one. If we <br />were considering this area alone, he would think <br />